12:58 AM,
Jan. 24, 2013

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State Sen. Francis Thompson said he and the northeastern Louisiana delegation will fight to block any change in E.A. Conway Medical Center's management that doesn't keep the state facility intact as an acute care hospital.

Thompson, D-Delhi, and Conway Chief of Staff Dr. Les Johnson met with The News-Star's Editorial Board on Wednesday to discuss the future of the hospital, which is part of the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.

"This isn't going to be a first aid station or a clinic," Thompson said. "We have to maintain this as a full-service hospital. In fact, we want it to grow." ...